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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

,JogN ILroN 3.055.. DE LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA.

SHIP.

Specification of riemr s Patent. gy atented Dec, 21 ,1915.

Original application filed May 26,1914, Serial No. 841,058. Divided and this application filed February 2,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN MILTON Ross, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ships; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, -and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The subject-matter of this application is a divisional part of the subject-matter of my application #841,058, filed May 26, 1914.

This invention relates to ships such as are used in carrying passengers and freight and has special reference to a ship provided with means, whereby when the hull of the ship is injured so that it will sink the passengers and freight may be discharged in haste.

An object of the invention is to provide a ship of this character which has a series of detachable compartments thereon.

A further object of the invention is to provide the detachable compartments with proper propellers and steering apparatus.

WVith these and other objects in view, such as will appear as the description progresses, my invention comprises the combination and arrangement of parts as set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is a sectional view of a ship constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmental side elevation. Fig. 3 is a frag mental plan view of the upper deck showing the operating mechanism for the compartments.

Referring to the drawing wherein like arts are indicated by like characters throughout the several views:-My inven tion consists'of a hull 5'provided with an upwardly extending narrow portion 6. Between the hull 5 and the narrow portion 6 are formed shelves 7 wherein are located ribs 8. Connected to this hull by latches 9 are a plurality of compartments 10 made in the form of boats and having at their lower ends sockets 11 which engage the ribs 8. which ribs extend along the entire length of the hull. Each of these compartments 10 is provided at its rear end with a compartment 12 in which is located an engine 13 arranged to drive the shaft 14 which is connected by a Serial No. 5.703.

universal joint 15 to a propeller 16. This propeller is adapted to pass through a suitable slot 17 formed in the bottom of the said compartment. tion regulated by means of a rod 18 controlled by suitable manual means. On each of these compartments there is provided a rudder 19 con-trolled by the usual tiller 20.

On the upper deck 21 of the ship between the opposite compartments is a motor 22 which operates a lifting drum 23 over which extend cables 24:, the said cables being attached to the upper ends of the opposite compartments. Located adjacent one of the said compartments is a drum 25 from which extends a cable 26 leading over a pulley 27 and attached to the end of the compartment. Adjacent the opposite compartment is a motor 28 which operates a drum 29 from which extends a cable 30, said cable being secured to the lower end of the opposite of said compartments.

It may be seen that when the occasion arises the motors 22 and 28 are started and the cables which are attached to the said compartments 10 operated so as to allow the compartments to swing gradually about their pivotal points on the ribs 8 and thus the compartments are launched as ships, the engine in each compartment is then started, after the propeller has been pushed into operative position and the compartment is operated as a boat.

From the foregoing description it may be seen that I have provided a safety ship which includes a plurality of compartments which may be used for passengers or freight and which may be lowered into the water as boats, and I have further constructed each of these compartments in such manner that the same will be propelled by its own power.

While I-have described and illustrated a particular embodiment of my invention, I have merely done so for the sake of convenience and I do not wish to be limited to that particular embodiment as it is obvious that numerous changes may be made in the details of construction thereof without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the appended claims.

lVhat is claimed is 1. In a ship of the class described, a hull, a series of vertical compartments having their lower ends detachably hinged to the This propeller has its posi hull, and means"totiltsaidcompartments on ments, and niea'ns to opeifiate said' cobles to their connections and-ilaunch-them. from the tilt the compartments. 1Q hull. =In"testimonywhereof; I affix my signa- 2. In a ship of the class described, it hull, I ture, in the presence of two witnesses. a series of vertical compartments having JOHN MILTON ROSS.

sockets on their lowerends, ribs on the said" 'ffVitnesses: hull adaptedto receive said soclietgfiplfi A. f. TAFT, rality of cables secut'ecitoisnid comnarb C. DmBigg'n n Copies of this patent Ynay be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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